Residents and temple caretakers managed to douse the hearth earlier than it unfold
Imphal/Guwahati/New Delhi:
A Lord Shiva temple was partially broken after some folks sneaked into the compound at night time and set it on fireplace in Manipur’s Senapati district. Sources stated the temple was attacked twice weeks aside, including it caught fireplace within the second assault within the early hours at present.
CCTV footage from the temple reveals a burning log being thrown in the direction of a door contained in the temple’s courtyard.
In one other footage, which locals stated is from the primary assault, a masked man is seen hiding behind a pillar for a while, earlier than he ran away.
Residents and temple caretakers managed to douse the hearth earlier than it unfold, a neighborhood civil society organisation advised NDTV.
The Naga Peoples’ Organisation (NPO) and the Karong-Senapati Town Committee (KSTC) in a joint assertion strongly condemned the try and burn the Shri Shri Pashupati Nath Mandir.
“… Senapati is a peace-loving city the place everybody has been practising their faith. Any ingredient which works to interrupt the social serenity is very condemnable,” the 2 organisations stated within the assertion.
They requested the police to catch the suspects instantly.
Sources alleged the arson was meant to create communal and ethnic rigidity.
Manipur Rajya Sabha MP Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba in a submit on X condemned the assault on the temple.
“Strongly condemn looting and setting of Shri Pashupati Nath Mandir, Senapati, Manipur on fireplace at round 1 am of 25/9/24. Every accountable citizen ought to condemn such barbaric acts as an infringement on secularism. The offender(s) needs to be booked on the earliest,” he stated.
Strongly condemn Looting & setting of Shri Pashupati Nath Mandir, Senapati, Manipur on fireplace at round 1 am of 25/9/24.
Every accountable citizen ought to condemn such barbaric act bcoz it is an infringement of Secularism. The offender (s) needs to be booked on the earliest. @AmitShahpic.twitter.com/U2L0M4Q240— Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba. (@MaharajaManipur) September 25, 2024
A police officer in Senapati advised NDTV they’ve taken the matter very critically because it appeared the suspects wished to create hassle within the multi-ethnic district that has remained free from violence since May 2023.
The police are, nevertheless, but to offer a full assertion on the matter.
Manipur has additionally not absolutely recovered from the ethnic violence that started in May 2023 between the valley-dominant Meitei neighborhood and the practically two dozen tribes often known as Kukis – a time period given by the British in colonial occasions – who’re dominant in some hill areas of the state. Over 220 folks have been killed and practically 50,000 have been internally displaced.